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Govt fails to manage squatters in Valley

Edit The Himalayan 24 Jun 2016
Kathmandu, June 23. Although large swathes of land along the river banks in the Kathmandu Valley have been encroached upon by squatters for the last 43 years, the government has yet to manage them permanently ... The government has made no attempts to relocate them since ... The government had decided to temporarily relocate the squatters to Chovar before settling them permanently in Ichangunarayan ... ....

Squatters worried as monsoon begins

Edit The Himalayan 21 Jun 2016
Kathmandu, June 20. Every year, as the monsoon starts, squatters in Thapathali become tense. They do not fear the rain so much as they do the flood in the Bagamati River, a very common occurrence during monsoon every year ... Likewise, another squatter Rudra Shrestha said, “Former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai had shifted us to the Chovar area when he was prime minister, but the locals of Chovar rejected and us ... ....

Construction of outer ring road from next fiscal year

Edit The Himalayan 10 Apr 2016
KATHMANDU ... The ring road will go through Bagmati (Chobhar), Gamcha, Satungal, Naikap-purano Bhanjyang, Sitapaila, Nagarjundanda, Nepaltar, Gongabu, Tokha, Chapali, Kapan, Jagdol, Sandol and Thalidanchhi area of the Kathmandu district while the places it rambles in Lalitpur are Lubhu, Taiba, Dhapakhel, Thecho, Bungamati and Chovar ... ....

Special security plan in place for New Year

Edit The Himalayan 10 Apr 2016
Kathmandu, April 10. As Nepalis prepare to welcome New Year 2073 BS, traffic police have announced special security measures to ensure that they have a great time with zero road accidents ... New Bus Park, Thamel, Jawalakhel, Singha Durbar, Satdobato, Kalimati, Chovar, Sukedhara, Thapathali, Gaushala and Koteshwor are identified as accident-prone areas in the Valley ... ....

Lovebirds united in death

Edit The Himalayan 09 Jul 2015
Kathmandu, July 9, 2005. It had elements of a Bollywood-style masala movie, all right. Only it was for real, and it happened here this morning. Twenty-three-year old ‘Romeo’ Dikesh Maharjan and 21-year-old ‘Juliet’ Anita Maharjan jumped off from the Jay Binayak suspension bridge at Chovar ... Dikesh, only son of Dil Bahadur Maharjan, a carpenter, was a resident of Panga, while Anita, a school drop-out, was a Chovar resident ... ....

Chile's Calbuco Volcano Erupts, Sending Plume Of Smoke Into Sky

Edit Huffington Post 22 Apr 2015
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Volcano Calbuco erupted on Wednesday in southern Chile, sending a plume of ash and smoke several miles up into the sky, local television images showed ... Erupción Volcán Calbuco pic.twitter.com/ucDSlLm2x7— Rodrigo Wainraihgt (@WAINRAIHGT) April 22, 2015. La cagada ... Ahora ... Impresionante desde Frutillar volcán Calbuco pic.twitter.com/9YhunYOtwx— jorge chovar (@jorgechovar) April 22, 2015 ... ....

Chile's Calbuco Volcano Erupts, 1,500 People Evacuated

Edit Huffington Post 22 Apr 2015
SANTIAGO, April 22 (Reuters) - Volcano Calbuco in southern Chile erupted for the first time in at least four decades on Wednesday, sending a thick plume of ash and smoke several kilometers (miles) into the sky, local television images showed ... About 1,500 people were being evacuated, authorities said ... La cagada ... Ahora ... Impresionante desde Frutillar volcán Calbuco pic.twitter.com/9YhunYOtwx— jorge chovar (@jorgechovar) April 22, 2015 ... ....

Man nabbed with 100 kg marijuana

Edit The Himalayan 01 Jan 2015
A man has been nabbed with 100 kg marijuana from Chovar of ......

LETTERS: Not very surprising

Edit The Himalayan 15 Jul 2014
  . Added At.  2014-07-15 8.09 PM.    Last Updated At. 2014-07-15 8.09 PM. The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s). The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) ... Close. NOT VERY SURPRISING ... Chinese formal shoes are ... It is a pity that the rain water in the capital city is being wasted and anybody could see it if he goes to see the big volume of water flowing through the gorge at Kuinaganeshthan in Chovar....

LETTERS: Anticipation of positives

Edit The Himalayan 20 May 2014
  . Added At.  2014-05-20 8.38 PM.    Last Updated At. 2014-05-20 8.38 PM. The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s). The headlines has been added to your saved article(s). To View your saved article(s)please Click Here ». Close ... If we are able to conserve rain-water in the Kathmandu valley by building a dam at the Chovar Gorge and several dams at appropriate sites to conserve rain-water that is free from....

LETTERS: NOTA vote makes sense

Edit The Himalayan 05 May 2014
  . Added At.  2014-05-05 8.56 PM.    Last Updated At. 2014-05-05 8.56 PM. The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s). The headlines has been added to your saved article(s). To View your saved article(s)please Click Here ». Close ... Unfortunate ... This can be done by conserving rain water which it might be possible to collect by building a dam at the Chovar Gorge, and the construction of sewage treatment plants ... R....

Cleaning the Bagmati: More needs to be done

Edit The Himalayan 21 Apr 2014
  . Added At.  2014-04-21 8.40 PM.    Last Updated At. 2014-04-21 8.40 PM. The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s). The headlines has been added to your saved article(s). To View your saved article(s)please Click Here ». Close ... In the Kathmandu valley, the river traverses 21 kilometers from its origin in the Shivapuri hills passing Pashupati temple to Chovar Gorge ... is the biggest crime against fresh water....

LETTERS: Boost cycle culture

Edit The Himalayan 06 Apr 2014
  . Added At.  2014-04-06 8.19 PM.    Last Updated At. 2014-04-06 8.19 PM. The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s). The headlines has been added to your saved article(s). To View your saved article(s)please Click Here ». Close ... A fleet of 200 fire engines should wash the streets every mid-night and the rain water collected in the river system should be conserved by putting a dam at the Chovar Gorge ... urgent....
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